Community Cohesion

 Community Cohesion and Church School are natural partners, this is at the heart of all that we do:

• The Two Great Commandments - love of God and love of neighbour (Luke chapterr 10 verse 27) - clearly promote community cohesion

• The Christian doctrine of the Trinity, God in three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, is about a community of persons in relationship; if relationships in our schools reflect our Creator God then we too must demonstrate that multi-faceted relationship.  Proper relationships are about inclusion and cohesion and love in action.

• From the early church onwards, Christians challenged the accepted norms of society.  In a society where people were either slaves or free men, it was possible to find Christian groups that contained both and were run by slaves.  Some of the letters of St Peter and St Paul explain very clearly the expectations about how people should deal with each other and their messages are of equality before God, and mutual regard.

Christianity proclaimed the message of community cohesion two millennia ago!

Community Cohesion in your Church School

Examples of Community Cohesion in Church Schools

"Our Shared Future" - the report of the Commission on Integration and Cohesion

DCSF Guidance on the Duty to Promote Community Cohesion

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